Gate and hinge.



A. SUNDH.

GATE AND HINGE.

` |9l5. 1,218,71 5. Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

' ATTORNEY AUGUST SUNDHOF HASTINGS-UPON-HUDSON, NEW YORK.

GATE AND HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

`Patented Mar. 13, 19517.

Application filed January 11, 1915. Serial No. 1,529.

To all whom t may concern.'v

Be it known that I, AUGUSTSUNDH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hastings-upon-Hudson, in the ,county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Gate and Hinge, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a combined gate and hinge in which a section of the hinge forms part of the framework of the gate.

An object of the invention is to provide a construction in which the hinge is located at the side of the post to which the gate is hinged with a minimum space between the gate and the post.

A further object is to embody the gate hinge in the frame of the gate itself, thereby obviating the need of a special device to connect the hinge to the gate. The hinge also takes the place of an elbow or other binder for the framework of the gate and makes a strong, compact, and inexpensive construction.

Other features and advantages will appear hereinafter.

The present application discloses certain features and principles of construction also disclosed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 1528, liled January 11, 1915.

The construction and operation of the hinge itself is substantially the same as that set forth in Patent No. 1,155,452, granted to me October 5, 1915.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is an elevational View of a gate and fence constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionall elevation on a larger scale of the lower gate hinge and associated parts. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view showing a bracket connecting the hinge and post. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating a modiiied form of connection between thev gate frame and hinge.

The gate 1 is connected'to the fence post 2 by upper and lower hinges 3 and 4, and may swing in either direction from its closed position in which it is held by a latch 5. The upper hinge 3 'may be in the form of a strap rigidly secured by bolts or rivets to the post 2, and having a loose connection with the gate frame to permit the latter to rotate and move up and down in the hinge as the gate swings. l

The lower hinge 4 as herein shown is a When the gate swings open in either direc- A tion the cam runs up on the roller 9, thereby lifting the gate, so that when the gate is released it will automatically return by gravity to closed position. A pintle 10, which may be iiXed to the cam 8, extends vertically downward in a socket formed by an inner tube 11 and a downward extension 12 of the stationary hinge section. The cam 8 may be formed with a squared head 13 to enter a squared socket 14, the walls ofthe socket being somewhat divergent and forming as shown, small angles with the head 13 to permit a slight tilting of the gate in its own plane relative to the cam and pintle. This arrangement permits automatic adjustment of the gate to equalize the lateral pressure onthe'hingesand also prevents undue lateral strain being thrown on the pintle if 4 the latter is not iny exact vertical alinement with the axis of rotation of the gate.

The hinge section 7 is rigidly secured to the post 2by means' of a bracket 1G which may be formed integral with the extension 12. The outer'end of the bracket may form one jaw, and a hinged piece 17 the other jaw of a pair of jaws which surround the post 2 and are clamped thereto by a bolt 18. The stationary hinge section 7 forms a receptacle containing a lubricating oil 19 in which the vbearing surfaces of the hinge are immersed. A' restricted passage/20 in the form ofa longitudinal groove in the pintle 10 allows a restricted flow of the lubricantand thereby effects a dash pot vaction to retard the gate as it swings closed.

The hinge member 6 forms a binder or tie piece uniting the vertical rod 21 and the horizontal rod 22 which form part of the framework of the gate. To this end the section 6 is formed with integraly tubular projections or nipples 23 and 24 which are internally threaded to receive the screw threaded ends of the tubular frame rods 21 and 22 respectively. It will be noted that by means of this construction, the gate is brought quite close to the post 2 instead or' a wide gap being left between the gate and post as would occur it the hinge were not a part of the gate frame but attached theretoby a bracket or other means. The hinge itself takes the place ofan elbow, T joint, or other connection at the corner of the gate frame, and produces a rigid, substantial and economical construction. rlhe hinge member G may be formed with an integral rib 25 provided with openings 26 forming a means ttor attaching the wire work 27 of the gate to the hinge.

Fig. -tl sl'iows a moditied torni et connection between the hinge member (i. and the gateu ris here shown, the tubular rods 2l. and are internally threaded to receive the solid plugs '23 and 2ev projecting from the hinge section f3 and formed with screw threads to connect with the gate frame.

Although the hinge d which Yforms a binder for the gate trame is shown at the lower corner oit the gate and the strap hinge Sat the upper corner ot the gate, this pan ticular location and arrangement of the hinges might be modified. y

Various modifications other than those herein mentioned may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of my invention.

What l claim is:-

l. T he combination of a gate, a support7 and hinge mechanism by which the gate is suspended from said support, said gate comprising a frame having an upright' member and a transverse member at the lower end or" the gate, said hinge mechanism comprising` a hinge part secured to said support, and a cooperating rotatable hinge part comprising a cylindrical casing closed at the top and open at the bottom to receive said first mentioned hinge part which projects upward within the ci sing, said casing having nipples extending upwardly and laterally respectively from its closed top and side, said nipples having screw-threaded connection with the adjacent gate frame members whereby said rotatable hinge part forms a binder rigidly uniting the said vmembers of the gate trame, the axisofrotation of the gate being in said upright trame member.

' its an article of manufacture, a vhinge part comprising a cylindrical casing having an integral closed end, the other end being open, and integal, screw-'threaded nipples, one projecting endwise Yfrom said closed end, and the other projecting laterally from the asing adjacent the open end thereof, said nipples forming means for attachment of the hinge part to the frame work of a gate.

is an article of manufacture, a hinge part comprising a cylindrical casing having an integral closed end, the other end being open, and integral,screw-threaded nipples one projecting endwise from said closed end, and the other -projecting laterallyv from the casing adjacent the open end thereof, and an integral rib on the outer face of the casing extending from one to the other oi' said nipples and provided with a series ot openings.

Signed at New York city in the county ol llew York and State of New York this 8th day of January A. D. 1915.

y Y AUGUST SUNDH.

1Witnesses Wai/rim C. S'rRANG, Jaime G. Bmi-IELL.

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